Installed new gigabit LAN -> show the bandwith

[andrewleki]

Hi,

I've just installed a new gigabit LAN.

And now the customer want to have some visual confirmation that his LAN is quicker.

Is there a way I pump some data trough the LAN and measure the bandwith, speed etc. .. .

So he can see the difference between his old LAN and his new gigaLAN ??

thx

[deilert]

The Lan is only going to be as fast as its slowest link , If you have 10 meg Nic's then it will operate at 10 meg , if they are 100 meg then 100 meg , You can use a tool like ttcp to show the approx throughput, I hope you captured some benchmarks prior to the upgrade.

Look at this URL for TTCP

http://www.netcordia.com/tnm/tnm31/ttcp.htm

[andrewleki]

any other tools out there that can do the job.

Didn't capture anything.

The customer complained that the network was slow, so our sales ppl just sold them a bunch of gigabit network cards for his server (2 per server) and three catalyst 3750 for stacking, so he'll have a redundant LAN for his servers.